Areas of Study:
- the Paschal Mystery and the Mass
- Open Parachute = “Bullying and Addictive Behaviours”
- immigration and citizenship
- finishing some learning about simple machines
- beginning our learning about the human body
- whole numbers to 1,000,000 (expanded notation, computation, rounding etc.)
- novel study = “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” (figurative language, vocabulary development, character study, paragraph writing, reading comprehension)
Supporting Learning at Home:
- spelling activities
- discussing the story and characters of “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” by either reading the novel at home or by watching the movie (there are many versions)
- there will be an immigration project that will be assigned later in the month to be completed partially at home with parent and/or grandparent involvement
- students are completing a multiplication review and may have some multiplication facts to practice at home (you will be notified via email by January 15 if your child is bringing home a practice sheet)